VIDEO: Massive Underdog Robert Helenius Knocks Out Adam Kownacki in Heavyweight Stunner
By Sam Dunn
We've got ourselves an upset special in Brooklyn! In the headline bout of Saturday night's Premier Boxing Champions card at the Barclays Center, Finland's Robert Helenius walked in as as much as a +2000 underdog... and he left as a huge, huge winner. Up against Poland's Adam Kownacki, "The Nordic Nightmare" bounced back from some early struggles to completely dominate the fight in Round 4, knocking down "Babyface" multiple times before the referee finally stopped the fight.
ICYMI: Helenius was truly @AKbabyface's nordic nightmare tonight!!!!!!! ?? #KownackiHelenius pic.twitter.com/V6RB11R2Wy
— PBC (@premierboxing) March 8, 2020
You can argue against this stoppage if you want, but Kownacki was taking clean blows out there over and over again. He was in a hole he had no chance of climbing out of, and that's all she wrote.
Props to anyone who bet on the underdog tonight!
Kownacki DOWN and in deep shit ! IT IS OVA!!!!!! A STUNNER ON FOX !!!! +2000 THE NORDIC NIGHTMARE RISES IN AMERICA !!!!!! HELENIUS HELENIUS HELENIUS AND UNDER !!!!!! UPSET UPSET UPSET !!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/nwis0fNpXC
— Fight Ghost (@Fight_Ghost) March 8, 2020
You can play football or baseball or basketball, but can't play boxing, folks -- you gotta fight. And tonight, the Nordic Nightmare gets the privilege of haunting Adam Kownacki's dreams for the foreseeable future.